Tag: graffiti

Jean-Michel Basquiat: "L'Accrochage 3: The Keys of a Passion" The Louis Vuitton Foundation, 8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, Paris, France From June 3, 2015 The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris is currently exhibiting the work of Graffiti artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Contemporary collection is organized around contemplative subject, expressionism, and music/sound. This exhibit works around generations…

KATSU: "Remember the Future" The Hole 312 Bowery, New York City, NY January 8 - February 22, 2015 The Hole Gallery will hold their first solo show by artist KATSU: Remember the Future. KATSU has participated in thematic group exhibitions in the gallery the past year that have focused on new ways to use technology…

Banksy … what a prankster. To hear some people tell it, he’s either a genius or a poseur, a messiah or a screw. Banksy’s derivative and he’s decadent. He’s totally unsanctioned, hullabaloo. He’s a lark and a goof, a social satirist and a crock. He’s a solo act; no, part of a collective. He’s a…

Of all the things that have come to define the new millennium, perhaps none capture the zeitgeist better than the mainstream embracement of “the street.” What “the street” means is a great many things to different people, but as hip hop shifted from shelling genre mixtapes with much underground chatter into a dominant industry in…

Days after a rally where passionate protesters tried to save the infamous graffiti mecca, 5 Pointz in Long Island City, Queens, the legendary walls were painted over. Considered the world's premiere spot for graffiti artists, 5 Pointz Aerosol Art Center is an outdoor exhibition space where aerosol lovers from around the globe make the pilgrimage to…

RISK Fabien Castanier Gallery 12196 Ventura Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 91604 November 2 - December 15 Fabien Castanier Gallery announces “Metallic Tissue,” an exhibition featuring new work by Kelly “RISK” Graval, which will open on November 2 and run through December 15 and curated by graffiti historian, Roger Gastman. For this exhibition, Graval explores his versatility…

The fashion blogs can't stop talking about the latest feud between Marc Jacobs and French graffiti artist Kidult. It all started on the night of the Met Ball when Kidult took a fire extinguisher full of hot pink paint and spray painted the word ART across the brick face of the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo. This…